Here begins a summary of the comments made about the East West Link over the past 28 days at the public hearings. More will be added to this list as the hearings wrap up today and tomorrow. What’s been said about the East West Link 1. The process has lacked rigour Three engineers told the […]
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Personal cost of the East West Link
More than a dozen residents told the panel today about the direct impacts the East West Link will have on their homes, families and lives. Christine Di Muccio, who lives with her family in Parkville West, described to the panel the day she and her husband let their children cross Manningham Street to play in […]
Preview of Week 6: The final lap
By Andrew Herington. The East West Link Hearings enter their last full week today with 138 submissions due to be heard over five days of sitting and one evening session. After this week, there will be one more day of individual submissions on Monday 14th and the final day of Closing Addresses from the LMA and […]
LMA property acquisition tactics come under scrutiny
Tell them they’re dreaming By Andrew Herington The theme for Day 21 was the rights of homeowners and the shocking disregard LMA have had for fair process. As Ben Hardwick from Slater and Gordon pointed out – it seems like nothing has been learned from the shambolic property resumption process followed for the Regional Rail […]
Preview of Week 5 – Time for the community to have their say
By Andrew Herington The East West Link hearings move into their third phase this week with the community groups and individuals finally getting their turn to present their views. On Monday the EPA finish their evidence with a series of speakers on noise, energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water, groundwater and contaminated waste. The City of […]
SEVEN TRIES BUT STILL NO CLEAR ANSWERS
By Andrew Herington The LMA were given extra time on Thursday to have another go at trying to explain their traffic model predicting the Hoddle St intersection. The new figures are the seventh set of numbers for Hoddle St/ Alexandra Pde provided by the LMA (CIS Chap7, Question 21, Doc 44, Doc 59, Doc 93, […]
SYDNEY WESTCONNEX BUSINESS CASE RELEASED
By Andrew Herington In a major development, 38 boxes of documents related to the WestConnex Business Case were delivered into the safekeeping of the NSW Clerk of Parliaments on Tuesday evening. 16 of the boxes are privileged (only MLCs can look) but the contents of the other 22 boxes can be viewed by the […]
CALLING ALL SUBMITTERS – TIME TO FINALISE YOUR SUBMISSION
There is only one week to go until community groups and individuals take centre stage to sell their case for why the East West Link should remain just a poorly conceived and badly researched plan. It is important that all 190 submissions impress the panel and with the sort of detailed arguments that they are looking for. […]
A STRANGE LULL AT HALF TIME
By Andrew Herington The tempo of the hearings dropped markedly today as the last of the council witnesses were heard. Michelle Zeibots, a Sydney academic who has specialised in induced traffic gave a strong performance explaining in detail the numerous factors that result in overall traffic increases when new road space is provided. The LMA has […]
THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD AS YARRA SETS OUT THE CASE AGAINST
By Andrew Herington Week four started with a distinct change of tone. Adrian Finanzio, counsel for the City of Yarra delivered a comprehensive analysis of the merits of the LMA case for the freeway and the weakness of the legal arguments on which they have relied. Summarising the arguments presented over the last 15 days, […]
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